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Scripture offers various metaphors and motifs for God's people: sheep, salt and light, branches, clay jars, friends, disciples, and more. This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores some of the images that can form and shape our life with God.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking ...
Number of Studies: 8
Is Christianity good news for the people around you?
Talking about your faith can be intimidating. You may wonder, "How do I know what to say to people? What if I can't answer their questions? What if they think I'm just strange?"
Paul Little has faced these fears and found effective, biblical ways to overcome them. ...
Too often in the history of Christian worship, evangelical leaders have sought to manipulate anxiety to spur repentance. In this interview, J. Michael Jordan (author of "Worship in an Age of Anxiety") explores how the church can be a space that offers healing worship for the next generation.
Is the lawyer's vocation considered a "servant" profession? Robert F. Cochran, author of "The Servant Lawyer," believes that lawyers can serve both humans and God with their work. Read this interview to hear how Cochran views the calling to the ordinary practice of law as experienced by ordinary lawyers.
How can we discuss love in a way that makes sense to children? Ned Bustard, author of "Saint Valentine the Kindhearted," believes that the timing of Valentine's Day near the beginning of Lent offers the perfect opportunity to engage with your kids about the magnificent and unconditional love of God.
Money and work: just the words themselves can cause anxiety. Mortgages, saving for retirement and bottom lines can easily overwhelm us to the point of despair. But God, who "gives us richly all things to enjoy," wants his people to live in freedom, trusting him and learning to manage our gifts wisely and generously. By pointing to his trustworthiness and generosity, these ten-session LifeGuide® ...
Number of Studies: 10
Our neighborhoods are literally making us sick. Buildings with mold trigger asthma and other respiratory conditions. Geographic lack of access to food and health care increases childhood mortality. Community violence traumatizes residents. Poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing, food insecurity, racial injustice, and oppression cause physical changes in the body, resulting in ...
While Christians generally acknowledge that the Bible is God's Word, many of us lack robust confidence in the reality of its trustworthiness. We may not be sure if we really believe what we read. But the more we understand how Scripture came to be, the more we discover its power and truth.
Historian Susan Lim unpacks how the history of the Bible bolsters our faith and anchors ...
The historical claims of the New Testament--that Jesus performed miracles, fulfilled prophecy, died and rose again, and ascended into heaven--come to us as received tradition, and we receive them in faith, trusting that the New Testament is indeed an inspired collection of writings, that it indeed tells us the truth. Increasingly, the reliability of not just the New Testament but really any ...
Fundraising can be one of the most stressful parts of ministry. Budget needs are daunting, prospects seem limited, and the cycle is unending. How do we get off of the treadmill of crisis-driven fundraising to more sustainable ministry funding?
Professional fundraiser Brad Layland revolutionizes fundraising and transforms it into a relational process where donors truly become ...